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27th of November 2009 | 11:42 GMT | Daniel Patrascu
Chad Knaus, 5 More Years with Hendrick Motorsports
- Knaus and Hendrick Motorsports to sign new contract
- Knaus would like to be crew chief five more years
- Hendrick is offering Knaus a position after that as well
Knaus is currently working in the 48 team pit under the provisions of a contract extensions signed three year ago, an extension which is due by the end of next season.
"Chad and I are looking at other things to secure his future and investments. It's kind of a foregone conclusion between us that he's going to be here," Hendrick was quoted as saying by NASCAR. "We've got to get the paperwork done, but we still have a year-and-a-half left. So it's something we're doing. We try to get all our guys in place well ahead of when the contracts are up. So that's under way."
Knaus agrees with Hendrick and expects to continue working with Johnson in the years to come, even if, in his own words, "you never know what will happen." Knaus is expected to continue with Hendrick even when his crew chief days are over.
"But down the road when he's tired of being a crew chief, he can make a big impact on the whole company. He's already doing that. But for the foreseeable future, I'd say for the next five years, and if he gets tired in three, we'll do something else. But he tells me that he wants to do this, and the number he gave me was another five years."





















